Pet Nutritionist Greenwich CT

What is a healthy pet diet? With the wide variety of options on the market, this question can be difficult to answer. Nutrition is a critical component in pet wellness and behavior, and what you choose to feed your pet is not a decision that should be taken lightly. For more information on pet nutrition and diet, check below.

The Importance of Pet Nutrition

What is a healthy pet diet? With the wide variety of options on the market, this question can be difficult to answer. Nutrition is a critical component in pet wellness and behavior, and what you choose to feed your pet is not a decision that should be taken lightly. Ideally, you will reach the right diet decision for your pet through a combination of research and consultation with your veterinarian.

There are generally two schools of thought when it comes to selecting a healthy dog diet or healthy cat diet: home-prepared vs. commercially available. There are subsets within each category. Within the home-prepared diet category there are home-cooked and raw feeding options, and within the commercially available diets category there are a wide variety of kibbles and canned foods (of all quality levels) and some pre-made frozen raw diets.

Home-Prepared Diets

Within the realm of home-prepared diets are the options of home cooking and raw feeding. Raw feeding can further be divided into two additional subheadings: prey model raw (the "dogs are carnivores" camp) and BARF/Biologically Appropriate Raw Food (the "dogs are omnivores" camp).

Providing optimal nutrition through home prepared diets will take more time, commitment, and research than feeding commercially available diets. Expect to spend a few hours a week to a few hours a month on preparing your pets' diet.

Both choices can also be more expensive than many commercially available diets, but advocates of both home prepared diet camps will argue that what is spent on quality nutrition results in long-term savings through the reduction of expensive medical bills. If you are looking to save money on preparing your pet's home made diet, it is worth checking to see if there are any co-ops in your area. Co-ops are cooperative buying groups where a number of individuals interested in similar products pool their resources to buy in bulk and thus pass on the savings to co-op members.

Both Dogster and Catster provide informational forums to help you create your cat or dog's home made diet; there is a raw feeding and home prepared food forum on each site.

Many veterinarians will try to dissuade pet owners from feeding home-prepared diets and will try to encourage the feeding of commercial foods for pets; citing risks to both human and pet health. Keeping a sanitary kitchen and following the same protocols you would when handling/preparing meals for your family will reduce these risks. Home-prepared diets can be a great alternative to commercial diets, but research is needed before you can prepare these diets correctly and preparing them incorrectly can be dangerous for pets. A high quality commercial food is preferable to a poorly constructed home prepared diet.

Commercial Pet Diets

Perhaps home-prepared diets are not your style, or you would like to offer kibble or canned pet foods in addition to meals prepared at home. Pet nutrition is big business, and companies have recogni...

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